Word: schism
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...wind, tides and currents, without the crutch of a gasoline engine. To many of them, powerboatmen are simply "stinkpotters." who think there is nothing more to know about seamanship than how to push a starter button and steer. They in turn suffer the derisive snort of "rag-haulers." The schism runs deep. After all, say the rag-haulers, we were here first...
...crucial time for him came when the fraternity was torn by a threatened schism over the question of whether belief in the Apostles' Creed should be a requirement of membership. "After a hard-fought battle, we agreed that these traditional articles of faith could not be made obligatory for the individual. Specific doubts on the part of the individual should be allowable-and even necessary. From this controversy I realized that if Christianity is a man's ultimate concern, he can still be a minister, though he may have many doubts. For doubting is part of being...
...most matters of faith, this inquiry has theological overtones. The historical schism between the traditionalists and the progressives has left deep scars on the vocabulary of educators, so that certain phrases and programs evoke emotions disproportionate to their nebulous meanings...
...intensity of passions on both sides of this schism has been such that those who wish to have a real impact on public education must avoid the controversy completely, couching their suggestions in practical rather than ideological terms. Such is the form of the Conant Report...
...Among past councils were Nicaea (325), which formulated the first Nicene Creed; Constantinople (869), which was the beginning of the final schism between the Eastern and Western churches; Trent (1545-63), which condemned Martin Luther as a heretic and tightened up Catholic practice and doctrine...